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44541) The Prince Who Never Smiled
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What could a humble peasant offer a lofty, but dour, crown prince?
Many years ago, in a kingdom far away, there lived a young prince. This prince was very handsome, and everybody in the kingdom loved him. The prince, being a good man, responded in kind and treated everybody fairly. But, much to his father's confusion and his mother's disappointment, there was one thing the prince would never do - smile.
Finally, unable to tolerate his son's dour...
44542) The Spirit of the Scarecrow
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One strange evening, an alien spaceship descends on a tiny rural village. A week later, an animated scarecrow intervenes in a terrible crime. Only one man knows the truth behind these events. Robby led a quiet life, admiring nature and rambling with his dogs, before he was contacted by a silent voice in his head. Now he must overcome his instincts and connect with his spiritual self in order to prevent a tragedy and ensure that justice is done. The...
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When a magical matchmaking game goes wrong, a cat shifter finds real love. I've been my witch mother's caretaker for years while simultaneously fending off her meddling matchmaking attempts with my grumpy face. But this time, she orchestrates a not-cute game where a group of eligible bachelors has to catch a key tied to a cat's collar. Even more humiliating? She places a spell on me, forcing me to remain in my cat form until I let one man win. I have...
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The first collection of our short stories for 2019 continues in our tradition of mysteries and speculative fiction. This contains the first quarter's work from a couple of our authors.
And, ongoing credit is given to our fans who gave us story ideas.
A World Gone Reverse tells the second installment of a time bender's journey, and her escaping the black SUV types trying to capture her.
Erotika Jones make her debut as a sexy female detective, who...
44545) Big Bad
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Suicide Squad in this adult dark, rompy novel in which the most beloved villains from Buffy must team up to stop the Slayer from ending their evil universe! Demondale, Callifornia, 1999...Like Sunnydale, but whole lot more evil. Step into this alternate reality, where chaos reigns supreme. The Mayor's sun-shade has created permanent darkness over Sunnydale, fully opening the Hellmouth once and for all. Now the newly...
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A supernatural predicament ensnares Almon Campbell's classmates.
They are frozen before a demonic presence.
Can Almon discover the mastermind who entrapped his peers?
Cozy mysteries in a paranormal world. A Pact with Demons investigates uncanny tales with heart and danger. In a world where cats talk. And darkness lurks everywhere. Why do lost hearts sell their souls to demons?
44547) Crimson Secrets
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Dark family secrets. Nightmares. Blood sacrifices. An unimaginable destiny.
She's your typical teenager about to graduate from high school. Shay Evans, a good student, looked forward to attending college with her twin brother Tommy in the summer. Her mind was filled with happy thoughts of the future.
But then the nightmare started.
Someone or something was following her. Shay felt an overwhelming dark change inside. As she ran, she felt her body...
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Dimension6 takes you on a journey beyond the borders of the real. Our fourth annual collection features stories from some of the best Australian and overseas speculative fiction writers working in the field today.
• 'The Other City' Rjurik Davidson - It was the time of life when everything falls apart. He had to get out of the city. But, where would he end up?
• 'The Seven Voyages of Captain Cook' Craig Cormick - Cook was a Company man on a...
44549) In Light's Shadow
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Gavin Booker, a school librarian, leads an orderly, normal life. Work, jogging, friends from work, his son every other weekend. Gavin is also a secret. He is a hybrid, or part-fairy. And in the Columbian Empire, hybrids are under an automatic death sentence.
In this alternate version of the USA, magic is illegal. So is loving another man. Fairies are locked away in ghettoes, and magical beasts, such as gryphons, unicorns, and pegasi, are kept in...
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Jim Henson's The Storyteller features nine folktales based on Henson's Emmy-award winning television series, beautifully told by Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella. Before writing the Academy Award-winning classic The English Patient and being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Talented Mr. Ripley, the late Anthony Minghella worked alongside Jim Henson to bring forgotten tales of European folklore to...
44551) Trolling for Cupcakes
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Skipping through the Mirkwood on her way to buy cupcakes, Billie finds her way across a bridge barred by a gruff, if gorgeous, troll demanding a toll. Worse, there's a strong hint the herculean hermit will be happy to take a pound of flesh as her tribute.
Lonely troll Granita may be more bluster than bite, but if Billie can't persuade the comely colossus of the copse to accept another form of currency, her sweet treat could cost her an arm and a...
44552) O'Ceagan's Legacy
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Why would a banshee hitch a ride on a spaceship?
When her ship is threatened, the first-time captain of a space freighter must use all her knowledge and skill to save her ship and crew from destruction.
Trained by her grandfather to command, Grania O'Ceagan expects to one day inherit the family's space freighter, but first she must prove herself worthy to be captain. Her ambitious brother Liam is nipping at her heels and wants the ship as well....
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A Lightning Gap StoryKay's Café specializes in comfort. From the greetings to the decor, and especially the food.
Kay prides herself on knowing exactly what everybody needs.
But some folks need comforting in a different way. One Kay struggles to recreate.
Can she figure out how to bring the taste of love itself back to life? Also available in the collection Stepping Out of Reality An excerpt from A Taste Just Like a Hug:That Taste You Never Quite...
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Never cross a master of the bow . . . A young archer bent on revenge against the knight who impoverished his family encounters an enigmatic stranger who promises him a far more potent form of retribution. But when Thomas finds himself hurled by magic to fight battles in faraway lands, he soon discovers that the vengeance his mysterious benefactor offers could change not only one archer's destiny, but that of the entire world. A masterful short historical...
44555) Lord of the Hollow Court
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It's Halloween night in Sleepy Hollow, and Katty is desperate to find a husband. When prime target Ichabod flees into the woods, Katty steals her friend's horse and chases after him-only to encounter a frightening spirit on horseback. While stumbling through the misty woods, Katty finds herself in an enchanted fae manor.
As Lord of the Hollow Court, low fae Braam hosts the Samhain revel each year, an event that draws high fae from international courts-including...
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What if you could revive the murdered?Officer Darby Shaw is on the verge of making detective. The one caveat? Homicide is her last assignment pick. When she inadvertently brings a murder victim back to life, the least of her worries is staying out of the murder squad.Per the federal government, superhumans must be tracked. Darby's the first ever to revive the dead and they're doubly-interested in why. With every member of the alphabet soup wanting...
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Petit Diamant, le dragon solitaire, est coincé dans une grotte avec une fée chauve-souris attrapeuse de rêves, Petite Brindille. Mais il veut tout de même tirer profit de cette mauvaise situation. Lorsqu'il perd ses écailles, elles se transforment en rubis. Le petit dragon plein d'entrain ne s'intègre pas aux autres dragons, tous plus cupides les uns que les autres, et sa famille lui manque. Petit Diamant s'envole alors vers les terres inconnues...
44558) The Witch's Music
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This a Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Story -6,363 word count
Rebecca is outraged when the outlaw Nathan catches, robs and kidnaps her. She has little regard or respect for a man who seems to have such a poor moral code.
But, has Rebecca judged Nathan too quickly? Is it true when he tells her that he doesn't have a choice in his deeds, and that he is freedom fighting for the good of the vulnerable people of his land against the wicked Lord Greyjoy?
When...
44559) Crossbreed
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"TWO BLOODLINES, ONE PATH."
After the events of The Risen Period Trilogy and Day of Octagon, the Scattered heroes continue on their journey.
However, now with the existence widely known across the world, new forces are at work to bring chaos and havoc across their centered locations. During the midst of the heroes' journeys, the Unkinds seek out the Yonderers. In a motive of good and evil to determine, which bloodline is truly pure.
44560) Underground: Cyber Witches
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František Kotleta's novel is set on Christmas Day 2107 in Prague - a gigantic megapolis. The Czech Republic, after the war with Poland over Silesia, is falling apart. Prague, dominated by the owners of the most powerful companies, has fortified themselves against the rest of the world. Everything that the city's inhabitants need is produced in Prague laboratories or factories, and what happens outside the borders of Prague City, nobody cares. The...
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